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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
May 17, 1918
Page
6
More than 15,000 march tomorrow in Boston for the second Red Cross war fund drive aiming at 100 million dollars. The parade features 16 to 20 bands and multiple floats with volunteers from the New England division and local branches.
The Red Cross parade will start at 2 p m from Arlington and Newbury streets route goes to Beacon School Washington Bromfield Tre mont Boylston Park square disbands along Columbus avenue and St James avenue beyond Park square Three reviewing stands at State House City Hall and Park square with Governor McCall Mayor Peters and Chief Marshal Alliston Burr leads 500 members of Metropolitan Chapter and many affiliated groups participate including industries churches high schools Boy Scouts and Red Cross units A large battlefield float with a nurse and wounded soldier will lead the parade and other floats and units follow in a lengthy civic pageant
Boston will run a ward based campaign for a $100,000,000 Red Cross war fund with 26 ward chairmen named after a Young's Hotel meeting led by Ap praiser Joseph T. Lyons. Rallies are planned today ahead of Monday start. parades will honor the campaign in Boston East Weymouth and Milford.
The Senate approved the post office appropriation bill granting wage increases to postal workers and authorizing federal purchase of pneumatic mail tubes in six major cities. The measure authorizes $381 million in appropriations, up $47.3 million from the House version, and passed without a record vote.
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